7 of our top opinion columns this week: ICYMI

In today's fast-paced news environment, it can be hard to keep up. For your weekend reading, we've started in-case-you-missed-it compilations of some of the week's top Paste BN Opinion pieces. As always, thanks for reading, and for your feedback.

— Paste BN Opinion editors

1. Super Tuesday message: Coronavirus is scary, we want an adult like Biden: Mastio & Lawrence

By David Mastio and Jill Lawrence

"David: Repeat after me. You. Can’t. Buy. American. Elections. Mike Bloomberg should have been able to rent himself enough historians and political scientists to tell him that fact."

"Jill: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren can't be silenced with an NDA. Bernie's army can't be silenced. And the reputation Joe Biden built up over decades in politics isn't nothing."

2. Trump got some bad news on Super Tuesday: Democratic voters are eager to show him the door

By Sally Kohn

"It is increasingly clear that Democrats are fired up for that fight — and in spite of all the obstacles, going to damn well make sure our voices are heard. While we don’t yet know who is the ultimate winner of this raucous, energetic Democratic primary, Trump is the loser."

3. Star Trek has a lesson Bernie bros need to hear: We're not ready

By Chris Truax

"Even if blue America is ready for Bernie Sanders, red America is not. Purple America is not. Most of the country is not there and trying to drag it there will tear it apart. You must not do this. It is too soon. Someday, perhaps, America will be ready for what Bernie Sanders and his movement have to offer. But not today."

4. Super Tuesday reveals Joe Biden, hiding in plain sight

By The Editorial Board

"Biden is still a lackluster debater and poor fundraiser. He can still be counted on for cringe-worthy gaffes. He is still old (77). He still faces stiff competition for delegates from Sanders. But Tuesday showed Biden to be a better candidate than Clinton was four years ago, and a better candidate than either the party establishment or pundits gave him credit for."

5. However Bloomberg fares on Super Tuesday, Democrats should adopt his plan to tax the rich

By Steven Strauss

"All of Bloomberg’s proposals are highly workable, won’t face any constitutional challenge and will make American society more equitable...It has taken a self-made entrepreneurial billionaire to come up with the most effective plan to raise taxes on the rich."

6. A plea to the Conservative Political Action Conference: Stop fighting Trump's partisan battles for him

By Haley Victory Smith

"This is my plea to the ACU: By all means, cheer for the president when he does good things. After all, it is the Conservative Political Action Conference. But put more focus on what makes America great. What makes America great is not President Trump; it’s the values that we hold most dear."

7. Prosecutors need to rethink suicide: It's a mental health issue, not a crime

By Ben Miller

"In July 2018, a Massachusetts man in his 50s tried to kill himself in his backyard using his fiancee’s gun. He survived, but that was just the beginning of his ordeal. The local district attorney’s office decided to devote its resources to charging him with a litany of offenses, and spent the next year and a half fighting to keep him incarcerated."